The Proclaimers – Teardrops (Guitar)

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---------------................... *from 'Sunshine on Leith' (1988)* Verse 1:
G           C                 G
 Teardrops, running down your face,

G          C                  G
 Teardrops, running down your face.

D                       G              D
 Diamonds, of water and salt from your body,

D               D7
 Coming down to meet my kisses.
Verse 2:
G          C                  G
 Teardrops, running down your face,

G          C                  G
 Teardrops, running down your face.

D                           G           D
 Staining, your skin and my skin and be-ginning,

    D                D7
The stories that you can't begin.

    D                Dsus2
The way I feel could be despised,

    Dsus4         D/F#
But it's a vision that I prize.
Chorus 1:
G    Gsus4      Cm   G
 Teardrops,     tear-drops.

    Cm                          G
I'm not trying to make you feel pain,

   D                     G
Or joy to make the tears flow.

    Cm                 G            D          D7
But when they roll una-shamed; they move me so.
Bridge 1:
G              C           G
 Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha wha,

G              C           G
 Wha, wha wha, wha wha wha wha.

Cm        G
 Wha wha, wha wha wha, wha wha wha,

Cm        D7
 Wha wha, wha wha wha, wha wha.
Verse 3:
G          C                  G
 Teardrops, running down your face,

G          C                  G
 Teardrops, running down your face.

D7                    G            D
 Let me, let me brush them with my fingers;

D                D7
 Comfort you and say it's alright.

D                     
 It's so strong, this way I feel,

     D               D/F#
Some-times I want to beg or steal you.
Chorus 2:
G    Gsus4     Cm   G
 Teardrops,    tear-drops.

    Cm                          G
I'm not trying to make you feel pain,

   D                     G
Or joy to make the tears flow.

    Cm                 G            D          D7
But when they roll una-shamed; they move me so.

G                   C                  G
 Teardrops, they're running down your face,

G                   C                 G
 Teardrops, they're running down your face.

D                       G              D
 Diamonds, of water and salt from your body,

D               D7
 Coming down to meet my kisses.
CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- G C D7 D Cm EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 320003 x32010 xx0212 xx0232 x35543 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected]) ...TEARDROPS... by The Proclaimers ---------------................... *from 'Sunshine on Leith' (1988)*